Suspicious Person Call Leads To Drug Arrests In Lincoln County

LINCOLNTON, N.C. — Investigators say a suspicious person call in Iredell County lead them to a home where illegal drugs were being used by the occupants.

Deputies were checking the area of Reep’s Grove Church Road after someone reported that a person had left several camouflage bags on the ground in the area.  Officers could not located the owner of the bags and went to several homes on Peeler Road to ask if neighbors knew anything about the suspicious person or the bags.

When officers arrived at a home on Peeler Road they claimed the door was open and they observed a woman with a lighter in one hand and a glass pipe in her other hand.  Deputies identified themselves and were granted permission from the owner to search the home.

During the search, deputies found various illegal drugs including cocaine and liquid meth.  They also reportedly seized drug paraphernalia including used and unused hypodermic needles, glass pipes and digital scales.

The following people have been charged:

Jonathan Lawrence Cline, 33, Vale, NC is charged with one felony count each of Trafficking in Cocaine, Possession of a Controlled Substance Schedule I, Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Maintaining a Residence for a Controlled Substance, and Fraud by Identity Theft. He is also charged with one misdemeanor count of Failure to Appear, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Non Support. He was placed in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $127,700 secured bond.

Holly Lynn Pope, 30, Taylorsville, NC is charged with one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance Schedule II and one misdemeanor count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was jailed under a $10,000 secured bond.

Shasta Marie Oxendine, 33, Lincolnton, NC is charged with one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance Schedule II and one misdemeanor count each of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Non Support. She was placed under a $5,750 secured bond.

Jennifer Marie Sronce, 39, Vale, NC is charged with one felony count of Possession of Methamphetamine and one misdemeanor count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Warrants on Sronce have not been served.